WASHINGTON (AP)  President Barack Obama will issue a call for expanding economic opportunity in his State of the Union address. He'll press a divided Congress to help shrink the income gap between the rich and poor, while asserting that he will take action on his own if lawmakers don't.

Let’s see. His policies have increased the gap between rich and poor, and to further his policies, he is going to act without the approval of congress. What’s not to like, if you are one of the communistic useful idiots?

0bama’s focus on economic opportunity and jobs since 2009 has done enough damage already. He needs to focus on helping democrats win reelection in the 2014 mid terms. In spite of Boehner and McConnel bumbling, that should insure a republican majority in both the senate and house.

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posted on 01/25/2014 6:45:02 AM PST
by Conspiracy Guy
(Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)

Absolutely, equality of opportunity does not provide equality of results, never has, never will. It may be true that some in life start out with a leg up but from there, they sink or swim on their own initiative, til recently.

We have been on the averaging down path for far too long. No more honor rolls, no more keeping score, no more advancement based on test scores. No, we just move everything along like one blob. When some succeed, we tax them to death to punish their initiative and reward the losers in life. What galls me is it is getting worse and we are now so far down the path of killing achievement we have lost our sense of purpose and seem content as a nation to whine about how bad things have become yet not kill off the reasons why this has happened. No, we believe passing more laws will right the problems.

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posted on 01/25/2014 6:54:04 AM PST
by Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)

Someone needs to tell 0 bummer the reason of the income gap is that there are almost double the number of people on food stamps than ever before. His policies caused that and there is no economic opportunity left with the oppressive policies he has put in place.

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posted on 01/25/2014 7:20:36 AM PST
by Arrowhead1952
(The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)

Obama’s speeches should be laughed at by all plus the MSM, but; of course the MSM will think all is great. Private business does not hire more when Gov regulations create more overhead/expense, higher taxes and higher wages. Anti capitalism types like Obama’s czars flat run businessmen off. Obama has created the most Americans ever to be totally dependent on GOV. Unemployment was a very generous 26 weeks(1/2 year). Then it was only 5 weeks short of two full years, and; our clown in chief and his pals want more. Obama seems to have told people to burn the wood on their shovel and recycle the metal for cash, don’t smoke camels- smoke dope, don’t sit on your ass-sit in front of the TV and watch me, use your Obama phone and drink some cool ones charged to your EBT. Those racists gonna pay for your promised land.

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posted on 01/25/2014 7:23:49 AM PST
by Lumper20
( clown in Chief has made some Gov employees Gestapo)

He has succeeded in completely destroying our economy in 5 years...and now he wants focus on economic opportunity? which opportunity? the part time jobs that a chunk of the GNP is falling back on because businesses cant pay for insurance? or the jobless that do not exist anymore because once they stop looking for work, they no longer count....

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posted on 01/25/2014 7:59:48 AM PST
by Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)

Good point! I’ve seen a couple of articles about Holiday spending being down.

I live in one of the burbs and there are some conservative or at least conservative-leaning folks, but Seattle is overwhelmingly Lib/Socialist. Look who they just voted in on the Seattle City Council (Communist) and “Bagdad” Jim McDermott (can’t stand him!) is the Rep.

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